Improvement in sap-spouts



Patented Nov. 14, 1.876.

UUHESEB UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE C. SHIPHERD, OF BAINBRIDGE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAP-SPOUTS.

Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 184,304q dated November14, 1876; application filed v May 4, 1876.

To alt whom it may concern A Be it known that I, GEORGE C. SHIPHERD, ofthe town ot' Bainbridge, county of Geauga, and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful I mprovement'in Sap-Spouts, which im provementis fully set forth in the following specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of my invention is to provide a sap-spout for the conveyanceofthe sap of the sugarmaple or other trees from the bore in the tree tosome vessel, in the usual way.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a full-length side view of mysapspout, showing a projection for a bucket-holder. Fig. 2 is a top Viewof the same, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the spout.

A is the end rst driven into the bore of the tree B, the projection forholding the bucket, and C the thick or large end of the sap-spout. .l

Each end of the spout is made tapering, so as to convey all sap from thebore in the tree to 'the bucket. The end A is iirst used in the bore ofthe tree; and should the flow of sap be retarded or checked byacidity orotherwise, the end O may be used after enlarging the bore in the tree.The end O now iits the same as the end A in tte first instance. By thisoperation acidity is removed andthe flow of sap increased. Theprojection B is made so as t0 be used when either end of the spout is inthe bore. l make my sap-spout of zinc or any other suitable metal, witha suitable bore through the same for the passage ofthe sap and I makethe bore'tapering from the end A of the spout, for the reason that werethe bore of equal diameter at botlh ends, the dow of sap would beretarded or checked from the end O.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim is- A metalliereversiblesap-spout of the shape described, cast in one piece, as a new article ofmanufacture, as and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE C. SHIPHERD.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM WHITE, Jr., Dr. ANDREW N. COLE.

